Focus

Our capacity for success lies not so much with our intelligence
but with our focus. When we mobilize our power of thought toward
a single issue for a prolonged time, we can achieve spectacular
results. Casual consideration won’t solve today’s problems. To
find answers, a person must set all else aside and focus deeply
and relentlessly on an issue until powerful new insights emerge.


To achieve our goal, we must beware of distractions. Distraction
is the temptation to give the focus and energy needed for
something highly important to something that is often quite
insignificant.


Oliver Burkeman once said, “What will your life have been, in the
end, but the sum total of everything you spent it focusing on?”